FAIRFIELD, Alabama -- A Fairfield police officer suffered minor injuries in an early morning interstate crash. Two others also were injured in the wreck.

The officer, whose name was not released by the police department, was involved in a crash on Interstate 20/59 at about 2:15 a.m. today, Fairfield Police Chief Leon Davis Jr. stated in a press release.

The officer was helping a wrecker clear a vehicle from the roadway near the Valley Road entrance to I-20/59 South when the officer's patrol vehicle was rear ended by another vehicle, Davis stated. The officer treated and later released from UAB Hospital with minor injuries. The driver and passenger of the other vehicle were also transported to UAB Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.